Reply #47: There we go, progress

[Evoman]

See, instead of telling us atheists that we afraid of god, or that you want to "convert us", why not ask this kind of question in the first place? Why not give us the respect and dignity that we deserve as intellectual beings, and treat our position, which was reached by observation of the world around us, with respect? As rambo would say, you drew First Blood in this discussion and insulted many of us deeply. When called on it, instead of apologizing, you started going on about fundie atheists (which do not exist).

Now then, let me answer your question. I don't know. I am not sure what to do with fundies. I think that education has to play a big part in it. I think that there has to be a concerted effort to properly teach both critical thinking and science in schools, instead of christianity and the bible (which is all they get at home). Expose people to different ideas, and diversity, and maybe you can start planting seeds of tolerance. Homeschooling for some of the fundie kids may be a deterrent, and that issue has to be seriously looked at as well. Whether this will work or not...I have no idea. We are doing pretty good in Canada.

To be completely honest, it may take the same thing it took Europe before people more or less loss faith in god. A massive loss of life on a planetary scale. After you see the death of millions in your backyard, and brutality on such a barbaric scale, beliefs in god start declining somewhat. Of course, that may lead them to atheism, which you seem to abhor. I mean, who wants to have a more secular society, like the ones we see in sweden and the rest of Europe, when we can have a All-Good Liberal Theocracy instead?